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abatements to ensure sustained affordability by low and moderateincome households and to avoid displacement. Neighbor Property Acquisition. Preferences, incentives, grants, forgivable loans, special-interest mortgages, and other funds set aside for the purchase of OPL region real estate by current residents. Cash contributions and contracts to community. Endowment of a Benefits Fund with cash advance on signing, and long-term allocations of support for business development and investment; purchasing agreements and collectives; and job readiness and training. Other practices/prohibitions such as eminent domain forbearance; collaboration/investment toward life -saving trauma center; guaranteed percentages of resident hiring [including Section 3, Davis Bacon, MBD/DBE/WBE with retention requirements]; renegotiated terms for construction trade jobs pipeline; and region-wide network of community centers for teens and lifelong education.
Teens in the Park (T.I.P.) Chicago .
Park District and Donda House, Inc., announced auditions will be held for young adults wishing to perform in Mayor Emanuel’s Teens in the Park (T.I.P.) Fest on Saturday, July 9 at Northerly Island. Talented individuals between the ages of 14 -
20 (as of July 9, 2016) are invited to showcase their talent to earn a performance spot in the 2016 festival. This year, in addition to well-known artists, T.I.P. Fest will feature new, up and coming Chicago artists. Auditions to perform in the T.I.P. Fest will take place 11:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. on the following dates and locations: - February 27, Austin Town Hall, 5610 W. Lake St. - March 5, Hamilton Park, 513 W. 7 2 n d S t . - March 12, Revere Park, 2509 W. I r v i n g P a r k R d . Audition slots are limited, and are available on a first come-first serve basis. Pre-Registration does not guarantee an audition slot. Individuals will be contacted via e-mail to confirm an audition date and location, in the order in which their registration was received. e-mails DondasHouseInc@gmail.com.
TBTNEWS ALERT Noted and celebrated businessman, Mr. Jonathan Swain, proprietor of Kimbark Beverage Shoppe in Hyde Park has made the final cut to head up the Chicago Board of Election as its next Chair. Jonathan is among six other candidates for this covenant post, currently held by Langdon Neal, who is expected to retire at the end of December. Swain's impressive resume', along with the fact that he's the only black finalists, gives him a 'shot -up.' Chief Justice Timothy Evans is expected to make his decision very soon.
Lionel Nixon, media and organizer consultant,
and Zaki Baruti. Willie Wilson running President of the U.S.
There is a petition being circu-
William Calloway For Mayor! lated that states
Calloway is the brave brother who heard about the Laquan McDonald video, and was determined to uncover the account of a black-teen being executed by CPD and its murder being hidden from not only the general public, but from McDonald's family. This lone wolf decided that it was time Chicago
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came clean and revealed to its citizens their dirty little secret. "For far too long, the city of Chicago has operated at a level that is steeped in mediocrity and has not elevated to a higher place in which it needs to. We can fix that. Right now," expressed Calloway. William lives in the South Shore neighborhood. He's a 25 year-old film student at the Illinois Institute of ArtChicago, who has been organizing “die-ins” through a group he calls Christianaire. His first-ever protest was NATO in Chicago. Since then, he has protested many times since, sometimes twice a day, and in every part of the city. If not for the efforts of activist Calloway and journalist Brandon Smith, video of Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke firing 16 fatal shots at Laquan might still be in the hands of investigators and attorneys, not the public.
Chicago One of Most Expensive Cities to Work, Live Worldwide: Report A recent report named Chicago as one of the most expensive cities in the world to work and live. In its recent Live/Work Index, global real estate services provider Savills measured the combined cost of residential and office rentals per person and per year, according to the report. Chicago ranked 14th out of 20 cities that were studied by Savills researchers. The cost to live and work in Chicago averaged to $44,700, according to the survey, up 10 percent from five years ago. However, it could be considered a bargain compared to the other cities that ranked higher on the list. London was named as the most expensive city to work and live, according to Savills. The average living and working cost totaled to $112,800, nearly 20 percent higher than five years ago. Following close behind is New York with an median cost of $111,300 per person, and Hong Kong, with an average price of $103,200. San Francisco, which ranked sixth on Savills’ ranking, saw the biggest year-to-year cost of living increase, up 13 percent and up 49 percent from five years ago, according to the report. Researchers tallied the total cost to live and work in San Francisco at $66,300.
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